These fun, no bake Halloween treats are super cute and they're always a huge hit with kids of all ages!
Next time try these gooey brownies and decorate them for Halloween, too!
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❤️ Why you'll love it
- easy and no bake
- my recipe has the perfect ratio of crispy cereal to marshmallows to butter for the best chewy, gooey, delicious flavor and texture.
- fun family project - kids can make them with supervision
This is my favorite recipe for classic Rice Krispie treats because it has the perfect ratio of ingredients for gooey and sticky, crispy and crunchy, sweet and salty goodness in each glorious bite.
Decorate them for Halloween parties, put them on a stick, and they are absolutely irresistible!
🧾 Ingredients
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- Rice Krispies cereal
- European style salted butter
- Marshmallows or mini marshmallows
- Wilton candy melts in different colors as desired
- Candy eyes
- No stick cooking spray
🔪 Instructions
Note: This is an overview of the instructions. The full instructions are in the green recipe card below.
Spray a 13x9-inch pan with non-stick spray and cover with parchment paper or wax paper, leaving some hanging over the sides. Spray again.
- Melt butter.
- Add the marshmallows and stir until melted.
- Stir in the salt and vanilla if using.
- Add the 7 cups of cereal and stir in until they are all covered in the melted marshmallows mixture.
Gently press into the prepared pan. Let cool completely.
How to make Halloween Rice Krispie Treats characters
The basic steps are the same for any design you want to make whether it's a scary monster or a ghost. The differences are in the colors used and the various decorations and how they are applied.
There's no right or wrong way to do this, y'all. Just have fun!
- Cut the classic Rice Krispy Treats into squares, rectangles, or other desired shape. For simplicity's sake we're going to call them bars.
- Melt the candy melts according to instructions on package.
- Dip a straw into the melted chocolate and push gently into one of the bars. Lay it flat.
- Spoon a generous amount of the melted chocolate coating on the side facing up.
- Using a silicon basting brush spread and cover the top and sides of the bar with the chocolate.
- Sprinkle with sprinkles or edible glitter if you're using it.
- Dab a tiny bit of the melted candy coating on the back of one of the candy monster eyes and carefully put it in place.
- Repeat with the other eye.
- For the Jack-o-lanterns use semi-sweet chocolate chips or mini chocolate chips to make the eyes and mouth.
- Move on to the next bar. Repeat until all the bars are decorated.
- Chill for 30 minutes.
- Cover with squares of plastic wrap tied together with curly ribbon in Halloween colors.
Serving idea
When I was trying to decide what the cutest way to serve these would be I decided to fill a jelly jar with candy (I used Reeses Pieces but you could use candy corn or whatever you like), add a paper cupcake liner to the top, and stick the straw down through the paper liner.
It worked beautifully and is super cute! Perfect for the dessert table at your Halloween party!
🥄 Equipment
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You'll need the following items to make this recipe successfully.
- 13x9-inch pan
- parchment paper
- large pot or microwave safe bowl
- basting brush
🎥 Video
Click on the image to watch me make this recipe from start to finish with extra tips! (Video opens in a new tab).
🥫 Storage
These Halloween Rice Krispie Treats store fine at room temperature for up to 3 days as long as you cover them with plastic wrap. Because these are actually covered in chocolate coating they stay fresh a little longer.
If your house is very warm you'll want to keep them in as cool a place as possible so the chocolate coating doesn't melt.
You can also put them in an airtight container and freeze for several months.
💭 Tips
Expert Tip: If the Wilton Candy Melts are too thick after melting add coconut oil or Crisco a tablespoon at a time until you get the consistency you're looking for.
- Rice Krispie cereal is not gluten free but some other types of crispy rice cereal are. Check your ingredients to keep these Halloween treats gluten free if necessary.
- Spray your hands with non-stick spray before working with the treats. This will keep them from sticking. You'll need to reapply often.
- Press the cereal mixture down into the pan gently but don't pack it hard. Doing so will make the treats too dense.
- Use European style butter like Kerrygold for a better texture and flavor. DO NOT use margarine!
- Use salted butter.
- If you don't want to use the candy melts you can add green food coloring to the marshmallow mixture for the Monster Rice Krispie Treats.
- You can also cut the shapes out with a cookie cutter sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. This works well with a pumpkin or a ghost cookie cutter - or some other simple shape.
💡 Inspiration
Here are some ideas of the kinds of things you could make... I'm sure you'll come up with hundreds more!
- Rice Krispie Treat monsters - use different colors of candy melts (you could watch Monsters, Inc. to get inspired!) and googly eyes.
- Make spooky spiders by dipping the Rice Krispie treats into chocolate and using pretzel sticks as legs.
- White chocolate drizzled diagonally in wide bands would create Mummy Rice krispie treats.
- You could even use your favorite Halloween cookie cutters to create Halloween shapes for a spooky party!
👩🍳 FAQs
Just about anything edible! m&m's candies, sprinkles, nuts, colored sugars...
Too much butter. American butter, especially, has a higher water content and when the butter melts there is water, too. That's why I recommend using a European style butter like Kerrygold or Plugra. There's less moisture and less likelihood that you'll have a soggy result.
Always allow them to cool for at least 30 minutes.
📚 Related recipes
- Day of the Dead bread is a Mexican tradition for All Soul's Day, November 1. It's a lightly sweetened and spiced yeast bread that's shaped to look like a heap of bones.
- Black Velvet Cupcakes are inky black cakes that are moist and tender with the classic flavor of Red Velvet.
- Pumpkin Cheese Ball is so adorable! Decorate it to look like a Jack-o-lantern for Halloween or a pumpkin for Thanksgiving.
📞 The last word
When back to school rolls around it's time to start planning for the various classroom activities and class parties kids are going to be involved in, right?
These easy Halloween Rice Krispie Treats are SO easy peasy and so much fun to make that you'll be thinking of ways to decorate them all year long.
Grinch or snowman for Christmas, an army of spooky ghosties and Frankenstein Rice Krispie Treats monsters for Halloween, Easter bunny... use your imagination!
Better yet, use your kids' imaginations! They really are fun treats anytime of the year.
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📖 Recipe
Halloween Rice Krispie Treats
Equipment Needed
Ingredients
Basic Rice Krispie Treats
- 16 ounces marshmallows
- 7 cups Rice Krispies, 8 ounces
- ⅓ cup salted butter
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 pinch salt, optional
For Decorating
- Candy Melts, I used 2 bags for this recipe
- Sprinkles
- Candy monster eyes
- Colored paper straws
Instructions
Rice Krispie Treats
- Spray a 13x9-inch pan with non-stick spray and cover with parchment paper, leaving some hanging over the sides. Spray again.
- Melt the butter.
- Add the marshmallows and stir until melted and smooth.
- Stir in the salt and vanilla if using.
- Stir in the Rice Krispies until they are all covered in the marshmallow mixture.
- Gently press into the prepared pan. Let cool completely.
To melt marshmallows in the microwave
- Put the butter and marshmallows in a microwave safe bowl.
- Cook on high for 2 minutes.
- Stir. Return to the microwave and cook until completely melted, stirring at 30 second intervals.
How to make Halloween Rice Krispies Treats characters
- Cut the Rice Krispy Treats into squares, rectangles, or other desired shape. For simplicity's sake we're going to call them bars.
- Melt candy melts according to instructions on package.
- Dip a straw into the melted chocolate and push gently into one of the bars. Lay it flat.
- Spoon a generous amount of the melted chocolate coating on the side facing up.
- Using a silicon basting brush spread and cover the top and sides of the bar with the chocolate.
- Sprinkle with sprinkles or edible glitter if you're using it.
- Dab a tiny bit of the melted candy coating on the back of one of the candy monster eyes and carefully put it in place. Repeat with the other eye.
- Move on to the next bar. Repeat until all the bars are decorated.
- Chill for 30 minutes to allow the coating to harden.
- Cover with squares of plastic wrap tied together with curly ribbon in Halloween colors.
Notes
- Rice Krispie cereal is not gluten free but some other types of crispy rice cereal are. Check your ingredients to keep these Halloween treats gluten free if necessary.
- Spray your hands with non-stick spray before working with the treats. This will keep them from sticking. You'll need to reapply often.
- Press the cereal mixture down into the pan gently but don't pack it hard. Doing so will make the treats too dense.
- Use European style butter like Kerrygold for a better texture and flavor. DO NOT use margarine!
- Use salted butter.
- If you don't want to use the candy melts you can add green food coloring to the marshmallow mixture for the Monster Rice Krispie Treats.
- You can also cut the shapes out with a cookie cutter sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. This works well with a pumpkin or a ghost cookie cutter - or some other simple shape.
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